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Living in a Land of

Earthquakes, Volcanoes

and Typhoons

Living in the Philippines is an earth-shattering experience! Being the first stop for most tropical storms from the western Pacific Ocean, and with so many faults and volcanoes, the Philippines is more prone to natural disasters than most places on earth.

Would you believe that there are at least five earthquakes happening in different parts of the Philippines every day? An earthquake is what happens when tectonic plates rub against each other. A tectonic plate is a broken piece of the earth’s crust located under the oceans. These plates are always on the move. The Philippines lies on three very large plates, so you can see why the Philippines have so many earthquakes!

The Philippines also has 200 volcanoes, and 21 of them are active. Even dormant ones can erupt at any time and cause lots of damage.

But believe it or not, not everything about earthquakes and typhoons and volcanoes is bad. They help make the soil fertile, so the Philippines is rich in crops. They also form beautiful natural attractions like stalactites and stalagmites in Palawan, and coral atolls that rise from the oceans, like the Chocolate Hills of Bohol, and lots more!